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Table 1 Acceptability of take-home naloxone among incarcerated men who reported regular (at least monthly) injecting drug use immediately prior to incarceration (n = 377)

From: Acceptability of prison-based take-home naloxone programmes among a cohort of incarcerated men with a history of regular injecting drug use

Naloxone question

No (%)

Yes (%)

Would you be willing to be trained on how to use naloxone in prison and receive some to take with you when you are released from prison?

73 (19)

304 (81)

Would you be willing to be trained on how to use naloxone soon after you are released from prison and receive some to take with you?

81 (21)

296 (79)

If a friend had naloxone and was trained to use it, and you overdosed on heroin, would you want them to use it on you?

35 (9)

342 (91)

If you had naloxone and were trained to use it and a friend overdosed on heroin, would you use it on them?

23 (6)

354 (94)